Etymology

cambelt

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Today it means: The part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes. Full definition →

English belt ← Dutch kam ← Middle Dutch kamp
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵembʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*kambaz
  4. Proto-West Germanicᚲᚨᛒᚨ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kamb
  6. Old Dutch*kamb
  7. Middle Dutchkamp
  8. Dutchkam
  9. Englishcam
  10. Englishbelt
  11. English todaycambelt

From cam or belt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.